This Cafe Wall optical illusion will have you wondering why you can't see straight

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Aug. 10, 2017, 1:07 PM GMT / Source: TODAY

By Scott Stump

The latest optical illusion sweeping the internet will have you wondering why you can't see straight.

Check out the blue lines in this illusion created by magic entertainer and illusion artist Victoria Skye.

Do they appear slanted or straight?

This latest version of what is known as a Cafe Wall illusion looks to have slanted lines until you look a little closer. Victoria Skye

It seems obvious that the lines are slanted, but in reality they are perfectly parallel. A look at the black-and-white diamonds at each intersection of the lines shows that they are perfectly straight.